Category Archives: Local
Neenah to Reinstate City Attorney Placed on Leave after Filing of Sexual Assault Charges
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Neenah city attorney David Rashid will be reinstated, more than three months after he was placed on administrative leave following sexual assault charges being filed against ...
Aug 02, 2024 Neenah City Attorney David Rashid made an initial court appearance on charges he sexually assaulted his wife, May 13, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Two Rivers Haunted House Owner Charged with Sexual Assault Ruled Competent to Stand Trial
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A haunted house owner charged with sexually assaulting teens who worked at his facility is competent to stand trial, a judge ruled Friday. John Schwarz, 38, faces four coun...
Aug 02, 2024 John Schwarz appears before Manitowoc County Court via Zoom, October 13, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Illinois Man Sentenced to Prison for Online Sex Crimes with Northeast Wisconsin Minor
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- An Illinois man will spend a decade in federal prison for engaging in internet sex crimes with who he believed was a minor in Northeast Wisconsin. Terrence Fabino, 61, of Lake County, I...
Aug 02, 2024 Terrence Fabino (Photo courtesy: Brown County Jail)
Marinette County Sheriff's Office K9 Dasko Dies from Medical Complication
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- For the second time in a week, the Marinette County Sheriff's Office is mourning the loss of one of its K9 deputies. In a Facebook post Friday, the Sheriff's Office announced "with brok...
Aug 02, 2024 Marinette County Sheriff's Office K9 Dasko dies from unexpected medical condition. (Photo courtesy: Marinette County Sheriff's Office)
Neenah's Maddie Wanamaker Going for Gold with Fellow USA Rowers Saturday
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Neenah's Maddie Wanamaker and her USA women's eight rowers won the repechage Wednesday night to qualify for Saturday's final at the Paris Olympics. Wanamaker, a 2013 Neena...
Aug 02, 2024 Maddie Wanamaker, of Neenah, will compete in the Tokyo Olympics. Photo courtesy: USRowing
Management of Wisconsin Sandhill Cranes Subject of Legislative Study Committee
DODGE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- They're being called one of the best conservation success stories in the state. Experts say Wisconsin sandhill cranes were hunted to the brink of extinction, but now, t...
Aug 02, 2024 Sandhill crane calling at Navarino State Wildlife Area in Shawano County, April 4, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Man Convicted in Appleton Drug Deal Murder
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Yia Lor was convicted for a January 2023 murder linked to a drug deal. A jury convicted Lor of five counts Thursday, including first-degree intentional homicide, according t...
Aug 02, 2024 Yia Lor appears before Outagamie County court via Zoom, November 28, 2023.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Nearly 140 Jobs Eliminated as Besse Forest Subsidiaries in Wisconsin Shut Down
(WTAQ-WLUK) - Several Wisconsin subsidiaries of Besse Forest Products - including ones in Marinette & Shawano counties - are closing, according to notices filed with the state. There are 48 jobs b...
Aug 02, 2024
Keshena Non-Profit's New Community Hub Aims to Revitalize Menominee Language
KESHENA (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Menominee officials say the concept of a community language center has been "decades in the making." On Thursday, that dream became a reality. Keshena non-profit organization Me...
Aug 02, 2024 Keshena non-profit organization Menomini yoU, Inc. celebrated the grand opening of its Wāqsecewan language campus, Aug. 1, 2024.
PC: Fox 11 Online
Greenville Road Project to Continue through Mid-September 2024
GREENVILLE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Construction is set to begin on a stretch of State Highway 96 in Outagamie County. The $1.1 million project will resurface 1.3 miles of State Highway 96 from approximatel...
Aug 02, 2024
